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Krishna’s 64 qualities

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Krishna’s sixty-four qualities

 
Kṛṣṇa has sixty-four important qualifications, and His devotee takes transcendental pleasure in hearing of them.
 

As explained in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu by Srila Rupa Goswami, the characteristics are as follows:

(1) His body is well constructed;
(2) His body has all auspicious symptoms;
(3) His body is beautiful;
(4) His body is very glorious;
(5) His body is very strong;
(6) He always looks like a boy of sixteen;
(7) He is well versed in various languages;
(8) He is truthful;
(9) He is decorated with pleasing words;
(10) He is expert in speaking;

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Srimad Bhagavatam 4.30.33

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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.30.33

yāvat te māyayā spṛṣṭā
bhramāma iha karmabhiḥ
tāvad bhavat-prasańgānāḿ
sańgaḥ syān no bhave bhave

TRANSLATION

Dear Lord, as long as we have to remain within this material world due to our material contamination and wander from one type of body to another and from one planet to another, we pray that we may associate with those who are engaged in discussing Your pastimes. We pray for this benediction life after life, in different bodily forms and on different planets.

Criticize a Vaishnava devotee is a thousand times more sinful.

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SRI CHAITANYA BHAGAVATA

Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur

The Vaishnava devotees of the Lord are eternally pure and realized souls. Sometimes there are differences of opinion amongst them which might appear like an argument, but in fact, it is an amazing relationship between devotees. Foolish rascals who do not understand this exchange, praise one Vaishnava and denounce the other. Such a mentality will lead to destruction of faith and knowledge. In the scriptures it says that when a foolish wretch worships the lotus feet of a brahmana and then strikes him on the head, he will be sure to go to hell.

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Srimad Bhagavatam 11.3.31

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smarantah smārayantaś ca
mitho ‘ghaugha-haram harim
bhaktyā sañjātayā bhaktyā
bibhraty utpulakām tanum

TRANSLATION

The devotees of the Lord constantly discuss the glories of the Personality of Godhead among themselves. Thus they constantly remember the Lord and remind one another of His qualities and pastimes. In this way, by their devotion to the principles of bhakti-yoga, the devotees please the Personality of Godhead, who takes away from them everything inauspicious. Being purified of all impediments, the devotees awaken to pure love of Godhead, and thus, even within this world, their spiritualized bodies exhibit symptoms of transcendental ecstasy, such as standing of the bodily hairs on end.

Srimad Bhagavatam 11.2.55

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visrijati hridayam na yasya sākshād
dharir avaśābhihito ‘py aghaugha-nāśah
pranaya-rasanayā dhritāńghri-padmah
sa bhavati bhāgavata-pradhāna uktah

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is so kind to the conditioned souls that if they call upon Him by speaking His holy name, even unintentionally or unwillingly, the Lord is inclined to destroy innumerable sinful reactions in their hearts. Therefore, when a devotee who has taken shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet chants the holy name of Krishna with genuine love, the Supreme Personality of Godhead can never give up the heart of such a devotee. One who has thus captured the Supreme Lord within his heart is to be known as bhāgavata-pradhāna, the most exalted devotee of the Lord.

Invocation of auspiciousness

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Invocation of auspiciousness

śrī-guru-gaura-gāndharvā-govinda-sundarāṅghrayaḥ
jayanti sa-gaṇair nityaṁ sarvābhīṣta-pradāyinaḥ

All glories to the feet of Sri Guru, Sri Gaurasundar, Sri Sri Gandharva-Govindasundar, and all of Their associates. They are the fulfillers of all our desires eternally.

gaura-vāg-vigrahaṁ vande gauraṅgaṁ gaura-vaibhavam
gaura-saṅkīrtanonmattaṁ gaura-kāruṇya-sundaram
( Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamrita: 1.2)

I offer my obeisance unto the personified message of Sri Gaura—Sri Gurudev, the golden manifestation of Sri Gaura who is perpetually maddened with the sankirtan of Sri Gaura and who reveals the beauty of the mercy of Sri Gaura.

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About Sri Nama sankirtana

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About Sri Nama sankirtana Srila Sanatan Goswami

krishnasya nana-vidha-kirtaneshu
tan-nama-sankirtanam
eva mukhyamtat-prema-sampaj-janane svayam
drak saktam tatah sreshthatamam matam tat

Of the many ways to chant Krisna’s glories, foremost is His nama-sankirtana. It is deemed the best because it can evoke at once the treasure of pure love for Krisna.

(Brihad-Bhagavatamrta 2.3.158)

 

nama-sankirtanam proktam
krishnasya prema-sampadi
balishtham sadhanam sreshtham
paramakarsha-mantravat

The sankirtana of Krisna’s names is praised as the best and most powerful means to attain the treasure of krisna-prema. It is like a potent mantra that can attract precious objects from a distance.
(Brihad-Bhagavatamrta 2.3.164)

Godbrother about Bhakti Raksaka Sridhar Maharaja

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On this Anniversary of His Divine Grace Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaj’s passing from this World in 1988, some quotes by his exalted Godbrother, His Holiness, Srila B.P. Puri Maharaj:

Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Goswami Maharaja exhibited profound natural and intrinsic spontaneous genius in the field of Sanskrit language, literature, and thought.

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From the very beginning of Pujyapada Sridhara Maharaja’s matha (ashram) life, his adherence to the devotional services of his own guru, Srila Prabhupada (Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur), was super-resplendent.

His calm, quiet nature and bright, beautiful, divine appearance accompanied by full simplicity, solemnity, and complete freedom from egoistic emotions would always attract our hearts.

He would so superbly explain each and every word of Sri Gurudeva [Srila Bhaktisiddhanta] in such an intensely devotional, melodious way that we would be charmed.

Although he was born in a high-class, wealthy family, was handsome, and became famous for his scholarly achievements, no trace of false pride was ever found in his life or character.

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Disappearance of Srila Sridhara Maharaja

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The Disappearance of Srila Sridhara Maharaja

Last Friday, on 12th August 1988 on amavasya-tithi at 5:48 am in the morning – the principal stalwart personality, dear associate and follower of Nitya-lila Pravista Prabhupada 108 Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakura who preached the pure devotional instructions of Sri Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu worldwide, namely Sri Srimad Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja, the principal acarya of Sri Caitanya Sarasvata Matha situated in Kolarganj at Sridhama Navadvipa, at the age of 93, entered into the eternal pastimes of Sri Sri Radha Govinda-sundara amidst a maha-sankirtana of intense separation performed by his own associates and devotees.

The news of his disappearance has been announced everywhere in India and outside of India in the western world via the medium of telephone, radio and newspaper. Hearing the news of the disappearance of Pujyapada Maharaja, the servants of Sri Caitanya Gaudiya Matha were immersed in deep sorrow. He was the senior godbrother of the most worshippable founder-acarya of Sri Caitanya Gaudiya Matha, Nitya-lila Pravista Tridandi Gosvami Sri Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Maharaja. He was the very intimate friend of Pujyapada Madhava Maharaja. They preached the message of Prabhupada together in many places in India. Srila Prabhupada, with the help of his own associates such as Nitya-lilia Pravista Srimad Bhakti Saranga Gosvami Maharaja, Srimad Bhakti Hrdaya Vana Maharaja, Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Maharaja and Srimad Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja, established various mathas/temples as permanent preaching centres in various parts of India for spreading the message of Sri Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu.

 

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